#A12A27#A12A27

#A12A27 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.156 H 26.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A12A27
RGB	rgb(161, 42, 39)
HSL	hsl(1, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(1, 76%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 75.8%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.71, 48.27, 31.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.71, 57.47, 32.88°)
OKLab	oklab(47.3% 0.1394 0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(47.3% 0.156 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.8939, 9.3819, 2.8931)
Luminance	0.0938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A12A27 #279EA1

analogous

#A12761 #A12A27 #A16727

triadic

#A12A27 #27A12A #2A27A1

tetradic

#A12A27 #61A127 #279EA1 #6727A1

square

#A12A27 #61A127 #279EA1 #6727A1

split-complementary

#A12A27 #27A167 #2761A1

monochromatic

#3E100F #701D1B #A12A27 #CE3A37 #DA6B68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.30

#A12A27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#A12A27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A12A27

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A12A27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A12A27	1.00	7.30	2.88	7.30
#FFFFFF	7.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4625

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6023

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a12a27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 42, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.156 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56d61',
    500: '#a12a27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a12a27;
$custom-light: #c56d61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a12a27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.475,
    "s": 61,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47299,
    "c": 0.15592,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A12A27

secondary

#63BEC0

accent

#E0E444

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECEA

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140705

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A12A27

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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